Chronic daily headache is a common problem reported by children and adults. The
causes are multiple. Treatment with dugs can make the problem worse rather than
better. The best approach is to locate and remove the cause.

There are two common patterns of headache:

Tension headaches

Migraine headaches

Migraine headaches are particularly severe "sick headaches."

Tension headaches are associated with increased neck, scalp, and facial muscle
tone and tenderness. The muscle tension and soreness is an effect of the underlying
biochemical cause of the pain and not a cause of it. Many patients have mixed headache
patterns, with "tension" headaches occurring more often than their sick, migraine
headaches.

Migraine Features

Severe, throbbing head pain often on one side.

Associated with nausea and sometimes vomiting

Light sensitivity (photophobia)

Odor sensitivity (osmophobia)

Migraines can begin in children and affect females more than males. The average
age of onset is 20 and most people have 15 to 20 years of headaches before they
disappear. Estimates of migraine prevalence vary from a low of 18% in women and
6% of men in the US to 23% of women and 9% of men in Canada. The peak age for
migraines is 35-45. It is likely that prevalence estimates are very low,
are based on limited information and misdiagnosis of headache causes. New headaches starting after the age of 45 should not be considered migraine
until all other causes have been ruled out. Some women have "premenstrual migraine"
and only experience headaches days before and during their periods. In the past, fewer than half of migraine
suffers sought help from their physicians. In Canada, it is estimated that 27 of 100
lost work days is due to migraine headaches at an annual cost of $500 million per
year. (Family Practice Jan 12 1998;36)

71% of 75 neurologists
reported having at least one migraine headache at some point in their
life. This rate is much higher than the 12% lifetime prevalence reported
in the general population, suggesting that migraines are being missed or
wrongly diagnosed. One of the most common
misdiagnoses appears to be sinus headache. Gladstone stated that:
"Billions of dollars are spent in North America each year on
over-the-counter (OTC) medications, sinus remedies, and alternative
treatments for headaches, but for many, these treatments are ineffective
or unsatisfactory. This is probably because most individuals don't know
what type of headaches they have… There is very little education on
headache in medical school, despite the fact that it is such a common
condition." 65% of the neurologists reported tension-type headache in
the preceding year, followed by migraine at 51%. When the authors surveyed
medical students and family practice doctors, the prevalence of migraine
in the past year did not exceed 32%. Conversely, medical students and
family physicians were much more likely than neurologists to report
sinus headache. Ninety-five percent of neurologists with migraines
reported using OTC drugs. NSAIDs were the favored first choice agent for
migraines.

Anthony Brown. Migraines May Be More
Common Than Previously Thought. Reporting from the 46th Annual
Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society in Vancouver,
British Columbia, June 2004. The study was reported by J. Gladstone,
from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Analgesic Headaches

Kossoff suggested that over 50% of chronic daily headache is thought to
be secondary to overuse of analgesics such as acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen,
naproxen, ergotamine, triptans, and caffeine. Withdrawal of the offending analgesic
is a well-established treatment for medication-overuse headache.

Better than drugs... why not remove the original food causes of migraine headaches?

Headache Solution >> Remove the Cause: The Alpha Nutrition Program is a standard
method of diet revision that can resolve chronic headaches. The first phase of
the program is an attempt to clear symptoms. This is home science. You start with the
hypothesis that your food intake is causing or contributing to your illness and you do an
experiment to find out if it is true. When you read Alpha Nutrition Program instructions, you will realize that there are three
tracks through the program - fast, medium and slow. You need to decide the best track for
you. To help you decide what strategy is best for you, we suggest rating the severity of
your existing illness: You can retreat to Phase 1 foods
and replace one or two meals per day with Alpha ENF. This is the medium
track on Alpha Nutrition- rehearsal mode. If the problem is prolonged headaches, especially a mixed pattern with daily pain
punctuated by attacks of migraine, recovery involves a period of reduced food intake or
fasting. The most definitive experiment is to take a food
holiday. We recommend Alpha ENF to replace food. The best way to begin is to order the Rescue
Starter Pack that includes the Program book and a 500 gram jar of Alpha ENF
to try.

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disorders in general including the role of brain circulation, high blood
pressure, and atherosclerosis in the production of headache and other symptoms
of brain dysfunction.

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